WITH-OUTPUT -- suppressing or turning on specified output for an event

Any extension of the syntax of ACL2 (i.e., the definition of a new
constant or macro), the axioms (i.e., the definition of a function),
or the rule data base (i.e., the proof of a theorem), constitutes a
logical ``event.'' Events change the ACL2 logical world
(see world). Indeed, the only way to change the ACL2
world is via the successful evaluation of an event function.
Every time the world is changed by an event, a landmark is left
on the world and it is thus possible to identify the world
``as of'' the evaluation of a given event. An event may introduce
new logical names. Some events introduce no new names (e.g.,
verify-guards), some introduce exactly one (e.g., defmacro and
defthm), and some may introduce many (e.g., encapsulate ).